Cabbages and KingsA series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." |
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Pagina 266
Many letters arrived , addressed to “ Mr. Dicky Maloney , ” or “ Seņor Dickee
Maloney , ” to the considerable pride of Pasa . That so many people should
desire to write to him only confirmed her own suspicion that the light from his red
head ...
Many letters arrived , addressed to “ Mr. Dicky Maloney , ” or “ Seņor Dickee
Maloney , ” to the considerable pride of Pasa . That so many people should
desire to write to him only confirmed her own suspicion that the light from his red
head ...
Pagina 267
Pasa he pranced ; she flamed royally ; he was charmed to injudicious
persistence ; she commanded him to leave the shop ; he tried to capture her
hand , and — Dicky entered , smiling broadly , full of white wine and the devil . He
spent five ...
Pasa he pranced ; she flamed royally ; he was charmed to injudicious
persistence ; she commanded him to leave the shop ; he tried to capture her
hand , and — Dicky entered , smiling broadly , full of white wine and the devil . He
spent five ...
Pagina 269
Pasa spoke calmly , as she always did , briefly , in her thrilling , flute - like tones .
gel of my life , ” she said , “ let it not be long that thou art away from me . Thou
knowest that life is not a thing to be endured with thou not at my side . Tell me if I
...
Pasa spoke calmly , as she always did , briefly , in her thrilling , flute - like tones .
gel of my life , ” she said , “ let it not be long that thou art away from me . Thou
knowest that life is not a thing to be endured with thou not at my side . Tell me if I
...
Pagina 270
Pasa looked at him as a mother looks at a beloved but capricious babe . “ Think
better of it , ” she said , in a low voice ; “ since for the next meal there will be
nothing . The last centavo is spent . ” She pressed closer against the grating . “
Sell the ...
Pasa looked at him as a mother looks at a beloved but capricious babe . “ Think
better of it , ” she said , in a low voice ; “ since for the next meal there will be
nothing . The last centavo is spent . ” She pressed closer against the grating . “
Sell the ...
Pagina 271
Go you , picarilla , ” said Dicky joyously to Pasa , “ to the American consul . Tell
him I wish to speak with him . See that he comes at once . And look you ! let me
see a different look in those eyes , for I promise your head shall rest upon this
arm ...
Go you , picarilla , ” said Dicky joyously to Pasa , “ to the American consul . Tell
him I wish to speak with him . See that he comes at once . And look you ! let me
see a different look in those eyes , for I promise your head shall rest upon this
arm ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings American fiction IV, 1901-1905 The Complete edition of O. Henry |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | A. L. Burt Company, 1904 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | l'Universitā della Virginia |
| Digitalizzato | 4 apr 2011 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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